Where is Vela located?

Vela is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

How many employees does Vela have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Vela is 8.

Is Vela a funded company?

Vela is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round.

Where does Vela rank among its competitors?

Vela ranks 29th amongst 197 active competitors, of which 30 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Covalo, which secured an undisclosed amount in Apr, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Vela?

Vela's top competitors include Olist, Mirakl and Marketplacer. Among them, Covalo secured the most recent funding round in April, 2026.

Vela - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Vela is a cloud-based eCommerce solution that enables merchants to list and sell on mulitple channels including marketplaces like eBay, Etsy and more. The company helps sellers to manage their listings by bulk editing the product descriptions, product prices, product tags, quantity and more. It plans to enable sellers to run time and stock bounded sales on their platform. It also provides tools to manage and enhance product catalogs and images.

Website: www.getvela.com
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Founded Year

2015

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Funding Raised

Investors

Catapult & 9 more

Ranked

29^th among 197 active competitors

Employee Count

8 as on May 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Olist & 288 more

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Vela is a funded company. Vela has 9 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.

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The founders of Vela are Elisabeth Boonin, Morgan Knutson and Justin Killian.

Here are the details of Vela's key team members:

Elisabeth Boonin: Co-Founder of Vela.
Morgan Knutson: Co-Founder of Vela.
Justin Killian: Co-Founder & CEO of Vela.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Vela's employee count trend

Vela has 8 employees as of May 26. Here is Vela's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Vela include Olist, Mirakl and Marketplacer. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Vela, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Olist 2014, Curitiba (Brazil), Series E	Provider of software suite solutions for e-commerce businesses	$314M	SoftBank Group, Wellington & 18 others	72/100
2nd	Mirakl 2012, Paris (France), Series E	Cloud-based e-commerce suite solutions for marketplace businesses	$948M	Silver Lake, Bain Capital Ventures & 33 others	72/100
3rd	Marketplacer 2007, South Melbourne (Australia), Series C	Providing solutions to create marketplace platform for businesses	$85M	Salesforce Ventures, Acorn Capital & 12 others	62/100
4th	Project Verte 2017, Mcdonough (United States), Series A	Provider of e-commerce platform for businesses	$62M	Ten Venture Partners, Continental Ventures ... & 2 others	56/100
5th	Neteven 2005, London (United Kingdom), Acquired	Facilitator of distribution in online marketplaces	$5.8M	ERMAK Group, Supremum Capital & 5 others	53/100
6th	Magis5 2017, Rio Claro (Brazil), Acquired	Provider of multi-channel selling solution for marketplace	$1.97M	Parceiro Ventures, Bossa Invest & 1 others	52/100
7th	Covalo 2021, Zurich (Switzerland), Seed	Online B2B marketplace offering beauty products	$4.06M	Hi Inov, HTGF & 3 others	50/100
8th	Tradebyte 2009, Ansbach (Germany), Acquired	SaaS-based solution that enables brands and suppliers to sell on marketplaces	$10M	Zalando, William Currie Group	48/100
9th	KYG Trade 2020, Newport Beach (United States), Series A	Cloud-based cross-border commerce solutions for e-commerce businesses	$6.83M	-	47/100
10th	EqualLevel 2010, Rockville (United States), Acquired	Cloud-based software solutions to create online marketplaces	-	RKJ Partners	47/100
29th	Vela 2015, San Francisco (United States), Funding Raised	SaaS-based solution that enables merchants to list and sell on mulitple sales channels	-	Catapult, PLG Ventures & 8 others	39/100